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Ukrainians Retreat to Villages After Russian Bombing Turns Off Power in Cities

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With frequent heat and power cuts, many Ukrainians have sought refuge in small rural communities  By Oksana Grytsenko,  WSJ         Photography by Serhii Korovayny   March 9, 2026 11:00 pm ET;  original article contains additional illustrations  (which, for some reason, the author of this article was unable to properly  reproduce below.)  Strikes in Ukraine left hundreds of thousands of residents without power  or  heating  for long stretches this winter. HRYHORIVKA, Ukraine— When relentless Russian bombing cut the power and heat to Radoslava Kabachiy’s apartment in Kyiv’s historic center in late January, she did what Ukrainians have done for centuries when Moscow attacks: headed for the village. Now her habitual lifestyle of frequenting theaters and galleries, preserved despite four years of Russian invasion, has been replaced by clearing snow in the backyard and warning neighbors about air-raid alerts in the online...
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On the Road With Zelensky, Weathered, Weary and Fighting On

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Account President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Kramatorsk on Friday. “They need a lot of things,” he said of the soldiers. “And each day needs are changing.” Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, traveled east to visit frontline troops trying to stave off Russian attacks, and invited reporters for The New York Times to go with him. By  Kim Barker Visuals by  Brendan Hoffman Kim Barker, a veteran war correspondent, has been covering the conflict in Ukraine since 2024. Brendan Hoffman is a Kyiv-based photographer. The New York Times , March 9, 2026; see also President Volodymyr Zelensky, with tired eyes, deep worry lines and a beard flecked with gray, boarded a train on Thursday night in Kyiv to visit his troops in eastern Ukraine, where the fighting has been fiercest. It seemed a lonely journey. The U.S.-Israeli war launched against Iran almost a week earlier had pulled the world’s attention away from Ukraine’s bloody war with Russia and delayed the next round of American-...
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